Garment-supporter.



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GARMENT SUPPORTER. APPLI'cATIoN FILED APR. 22, I916- 1,228,]. 18. Patented May 29, 1917.

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JACOB KRONENBERGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GABMENT-SUPPORTER.

7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 191W.

Application filed April 22, 1916. Serial No. 92,914.

To all .whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ACOB KRONENBERGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the countyof New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment supporters and particularly to a supporter for 10 trousers or like garments and it has as its principal object the provision of a device of this character which may be expeditiously applied to or removed from the garment as the occasion may demand, and one which, when operatively arranged upon the garment will operate to cause the arment to fit very comfortably upon the ody of the wearer and uniformly held in the requisite position.

Another object of the'invention resides in the provision of a device of this character which may be applied to the garment without requiring any material alterations to be made in the construction thereof.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will be fully responsive to all ordinary movements of the body of its user and which will further be of a form whereby its use upon the garment will in no way injure the same.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like reference characters indicate similar parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of the garment with a part broken away and illustrating the application of the invention to the waist line or band of the garment.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the device detached 40 from the garment.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3'of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a slightly modified form of the inventlon. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing a still further modified form of the invention. p

The invention is particularly applicable to trousersor similar garments and I aim to provide an adjustable device which may be accommodated by the, waist band of the garment and mounted thereupon whereby to permit the waist band to be taken up as the occasion may necessitate and uniformly accommodate itself to the body of the wearer.

the waist of the wearer.

I further contemplate providing a device of the class mentioned which may be aptaching tabs 2 and 3, each havingja button hole 4 therein. The tabs 2 and 3 are formed of leather, canvas or any other suitable tough textile material whichis capable of being flexed in any direction so as to adapt itself to allmovements of the waist band.

It is further desirable that the tabs be formed of the mentioned material in order that the garment at the waist band will be held against being injured through its contact with said tabs. The tabs 2 and '3 are connected together by coiled springs 5 which are superposed relatively or disposed side by side. The opposite ends of the springs are extended respectively over the tabs 2 and 3 and they are then looped as'at 6 around the shanks 7 of metallic eyelets 8. The eyelets are also superposed and it is preferred that they be disconnected from each other as clearly shown in Fig. 2 so as to not alfect the flexible characteristics of the tabs. In the described manner the springs are very securely connected to the tabs and in the manufacture of the article it is found that the several parts constitutirligdthe same may be expeditiously assem- On reference to Fig. 1, it is seen that the tab 2 is associated. with one of the buttons a, while the tab 3 is shown as being attached to one of the buttons 1). As a result thereof the tabs are fixed upon selected points upon the waist band and under the action of the springs 5 that portion of the hand between the tabs will be very nicely taken up and the garment made to uniformly fit around The springs are freely responsive to all ordinary movements of the body and that portion of the garment between the tabs 2 and 3 is free to be respectively taken up'and let out un der. the action thereof. The tabs 2 and 3 may be interchangeably connected with the 110 buttons at and b in order that the garment may be taken up to suit certain requirements. 5

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 4 the device consists of sections 9 and 10, each consisting of an attaching tab 11 and a similar tab 12. The tab 12 of the member 9 is provided with a resilient socket 13 designed to accommodate a resilient head or snap fastening 14 on the tab 12 of the section 10. The tabs 11 and 12 of each of the mentioned sections are connected together by springs 15, which are identical with the springs 5 hereinbefore referred to. In this form of the invention the tabs 11 of the sections 9 and 10 may be connected with buttons upon the waist band of the trousers and by simply exerting pull upon the tabs 12, the inter-fitting fastenings 13 and 14 may be operatively connected with one another so as to cause that part of the garment between the tabs 11 to be satisfactorily taken up as will be understood. In either instance the device as designed may be very conveniently disconnected from. the waist band in order that the garment may be properly pressed when desired.

While the device is principally adapted for the purpose of taking up the garment at the waist line, I do, not desire to limit myself to such use. It is obvious that'the same may be very advantageously used as a stocking supporter and for the same and like purposes it is preferred that the tab 16 shown in Fig. 5 be folded upon itself and the terminals 17-17 thereof secured. together by a metallic eyelet 18. The spring 19 has one of its terminals extended between the ends 1717 and it is then coiled about the intermediate portion of the eyelet shank.

nected with the garment.

What isclaimed as new is A garment supporter comprising, tabs of non-metallic flexible material adapted to be detachably secured to the waist band of a garment and to come in flat contact therewith, metallic eyelets passing through each tab and arranged uniformly in the same longitudinal line with each other so as to reinforce the tab along one edge, the said eyelets being upset at their ends upon the opposite sides of the tab, and expansible members connected at their ends to the tabs and looped about the shanks of said eyelets, the upset ends of the eyelets serving to hold the members in close confinement with the tabs and against casual separation therefrom. v

In testimony whereof I, afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB KRONENBERGER.

' Witnesses:

ANNA V. Dom, Gmus FEINLE, J r. 

